Here comes Santa Claus. Restored Soo Line Mikado no. 1003 made a short excursion in Hartford, WI as assist Santa in his arrival to festivities in the community on November 9. The train backed a mi... (more)

Odd doubleheader of a 4-6-2 and an 0-6-0 (CNJ 113) on old Reading Lines trackage in the coal regions of Pennsylvania

The 2018 BNSF Railway California Division Christmas Train has returned to Fullerton, California, after running to Riverside and back, and after unloading its hundreds of happy passengers, the trai... (more)

The BNSF Railway 2017 California Division Christmas Train rounds the curve at Cajon (in Cajon Pass, California) and heads toward the famed Sullivan's Curve. This is the train's second round trip ... (more)

In their 20th year, CP annual holiday train works along the Mississippi River spreading Christmas cheer and good will. The train dashes thru the snow here just north of Le Claire on the Davenport ... (more)

PM 1225 leads the Santa Express train in the last weekend before Christmas.

The Essex Yard Shuffle. Valley Railroad Mikado #3025 hauls an 8-car train of heavyweights out of the Essex Yard in the late afternoon sun in what looks like the first North Pole Express of ... (more)

Run Number 6....and it's only 1PM. Engineer Brian Messinger holds the final note of his crossing whistle until his locomotive's drivers are squarely in the crossing at Old Deep River Road, ... (more)

North Pole Express: Making a Living with Steam. The Valley Railroad's New Haven Mikado #3025 glows just a bit in the waning sunlight, as she takes the first of the evening's sold-out, North... (more)

The 2018 edition of BNSF's Southern California Christmas train heads away from the camera near Blue Cut as it climbs Cajon Pass toward Summit where the crew will change ends and run back to San Be... (more)

The 2017 CTA Holiday Train holds at the end of the Purple Line at Linden.

The Santa Express at the Railroad Museum of New England was picture perfect on Saturday, December 16, 2017. Snow from earlier in the week remained due to cold temperatures, setting the winter scen... (more)

Boston & Maine F7 leads the North Pole Extra back to North Conway. Gusting winds kick up powder as the train crosses the East Branch of the Saco River.

One of the few places in the USA where you can see a steam locomotive pulling period coaches at realistic mainline speeds. The 425 is wide-open here, along Lowland Road, with the first of today's... (more)

Another warm Polar. Amtrak operates Polar Express Trains from two different locations during the holiday season. Leaving several times daily, passengers can experience the Polar Express from New O... (more)